SC Literature Research

The literature research is typically the preparatory phase of an MSc Thesis project (SC52135), with the purpose to get acquainted with the scientific publications within the realm of the MSc-thesis project, and to prepare for the specific topics to be investigated. The student will need to search for recent publications (i.e. articles, theses, books) that are relevant for the particular thesis project. It is important to be very careful in judging the literature, since not everything written even in high-standard journals is useful - or even correct. In other words, one should be very critical and selective of which publications to use, and one should try to fully understand those that are relevant. See also

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Moreover the student needs to identify the current issues in the specific research area in order to avoid performing research on questions that have already been resolved in the literature.

Once some well-motivated choices have been made on what is planned to be to investigated, these are summarized in a report. This will then form the basis for the subsequent MSc-project work.